School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 0.9168 GPIA in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
0.9168 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
193rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.9168 GPIA
in 2019
All-time low
0.575 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
50
1970–2019
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries stood at 0.9168 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 0.9168 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.575 GPIA, in 1971.
That places SDG: Least Developed Countries 193rd out of 221 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.5758 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.575 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.5891 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.5911 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 0.5907 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.5988 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6065 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.6198 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6289 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.6295 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6412 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6548 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6755 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.6633 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.6837 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 0.6792 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.6905 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.6975 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7106 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.718 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 0.7251 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7356 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7425 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7484 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7526 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7581 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.7629 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.7727 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.7798 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.7974 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8141 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8227 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8235 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8299 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8223 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.8431 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8517 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8601 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8675 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.8709 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8817 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8814 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8885 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.895 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8977 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9087 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9098 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9138 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9121 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9168 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6005 GPIA | 0.575 GPIA | 0.6295 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6814 GPIA | 0.6412 GPIA | 0.718 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7575 GPIA | 0.7251 GPIA | 0.7974 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8406 GPIA | 0.8141 GPIA | 0.8709 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9005 GPIA | 0.8814 GPIA | 0.9168 GPIA | 10 |
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.12 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 0.9168 GPIA in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9168 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.575 GPIA in 1971.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 193rd out of 221 groups with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release